A couple people have mentioned overpaints ('can't wait to see the
overpaint', kinda thing). After thinking about it a bit, I'm not going to
overpaint at all. The idea being, oil painting is what it is (can't be mistaken
for woodworking) and Blender is what it is (sophisticated effects). So the
medium here is GS + vectors. I'm not going to disguise it or make it
something it isn't...

I guess this idea started when a vector sequence (Nexus Inn - part one)
was mistaken for "cell-shaded" 3D. That was flattering at first (or
something), then a bit annoying. One professional artist (Mullins)
mentioned 3D overpaints are 'easy to spot'. Maybe so but I'd rather not
get caught in the middle (non-3D mistaken for 3D).

I think I mentioned somewhere (in Sijun) that if I use 3D for overpaint I'll
just say so. Seems pretty straightforward, right? LOL But I guess some
folks have been 'caught' trying to present overpainted 3D as freehand work
(not sure what happened to them but I wonder if that was the beginning of
"Sijun gestapo", lol). In any case, seems safer not to blur the line - though
there is one 3D 'overpaint' (at least one) that I forgot to mention, it's here
(second image):
http://forums.sijun.com/viewtopic.php?p=422049#422049

O anticlimax.

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Re backstories, I've got lots, absolutely. What I had in mind for the island is
a bit too superficial (as mentioned in the Genesis thread) so am rewriting (yet
again). Complete overhaul of the island too.

The ship... still lots to learn about ships. Hehe. Bought a hobby kit of
the Santa Maria... been looking at galleys... would like to see a bunch of OSS
folks at the oars in a naval battle, heh heh - say, that could work [mental note].

And re 'unliveable' social networking sites (nagware, bait-and-switch,
etc.): "Something may displace Facebook but I'm not sure it is likely to be
Google+."
Google kills off seven more products including Wave
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15853323

Edit: image error: "Google 404 That's an error. The requested URL ... was
not found on this server. That’s all we know." Except I'm looking at two copies
of it (on the server) - hmmmm. Will wait for the server to sort itself?

Been engrossed in the 'sketchup challenge' (pushing it to do what it's not
designed to do). Hellish, lol, but possible.

Tried extruding two intersecting hexagons. That worked for the body (will
show later). Minimum needed for the head seems to be about 18 sides.
Some interesting accidental shapes (alien creatures, even ships) have
appeared along the way (not shown here)...

Edit two: direct hit rather than 'part of an album' seems to work (shout if
u can't see it). NB have had some issues since updating browser, glitch
might be at my end.
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"Any reactions that the story evokes from the reader are absolutely
fascinating to hear. I was surprised how that effect is much… stronger when
compared for example to hearing critique for a single image."
http://forums.sijun.com/viewtopic.php?t=43057
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